Railway-tie and fastener.



f'., WMM. RAILWAY 'HE AND MSENER. APPMCMWN FILED IMIT- i915. MNEWD 0N.5. W1?.

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` RENEWED OCT- 5. i917 Mmmm@ @ma 1L N5 f2 2 SHEEYS-SMEET 2.

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.To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that l, llnonrann subject of the Emperor of Austri l atHammond, in the county of l fje and e Sta-te of indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in llailvvay'ltl and Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a sp ecilication.

This invention relates to certain new and 1t useful improvements inrailway tie and rail fastener.

The primary object oit the invention the provision oi. a 'combined railholder and fastener having a ready means for securing la rails-inposition by means of salida-ble inter engagingA members and Without thenecessity ol employing screws or bolts unless desired..

A further object ot the devine is the protu vision oit atie memberhaving rail supporting and engaging slidable inte nieinbers whereby theopposite als oit a railway traclr may be laterally et W"al'ilypositioned upon the ties of the ron A still further objectl is toprovide stationary base, members upon a roadbed, the

Waarin, a residing f il saine having longitudinally slida' l" tioscarried thereby andadapted to reta the rails thereon by means oi'slidable interlocking members, it being,r also designed securely retainthesaid ties and bases .ier when the track. construction is compl. ted.

lilith these general objects in view and 4 others that will appear asthe nature et the et invention 1s better innderstood7 the saine consistsin tliie novel combination and arrangement of yparts hereinafter morefully described, illustrated in the accompanying drau'io and pointed outin the ,appended en clair ln the drawings forming a part oit thisapplication and in which like-d gnatlng characters refer tocorrespoiulaip; parts throughout the several viewsf Figure' 1 is a ,sideelevation oli' device in its operative position, 'tin ing shown intransverse sectionu Fig. 2 isa top plan' viewtliereot.

Fie'. 3 is an end view of the saine.

Figs. and 5 are transverse sectional fievvs taken respec/ively ,uponlines lllwlll, ana'w--l otFig. l."

l Figi@ LL: a perspective vievvtheliaee portion et the tie niemeer.

the prsent Fig. l is a perspective vien et the rail-engaging slide ofthetie member.

Fig. 8 is an inverted perspective view thereof.

Fig, 9 is an inverted the end locking blocks.

Fig. lO'is a longitudinal sectional vievv through anrend portion el thedevice trans versely of the rail secured therein, and

Fig'. 11 isa perspective view olf theloclring plate detached. i

Referring incre in detail to 'the accoin panying drawings, it will benoted that the invention broadly consists in a combination tiecomprising a base 10 adapted to receive a slidell longitudinallyshiftable thereon, 'Whilebloelcs 12 may be secured to the opposite endsof the said slide by ineens of the locking plates 13. rlhe base 10 isadapted to be horizontally positioned ilatly engaging the roadbed andbeing provided 'with upwardly extending opposite llanpges 1d adja centits opposite ends and ,having downwardly divergin1;- opposite sides 15adapted tor the sliding reception ol? the slide ll.. tl1crebet\\'een,the opposite edge tacos 1G of which slide are outwardly and downwardlydivergent. Longitudinal slots Il' are arranged in the opposite ends otthe slide 11 having upturned oppositely projecting lia. gers. 18 at theinner ends of' the said slots -and adapted to lit over the adjacent baseflange 19 of the railway rail Qld when ila-lily seated upon the oppositeend portions 31 of the said slides.

rl`l1e ends ofthe slide 11 are positioned A, spaced from the oppositeends ot the base 10 when operatively positioned thereon and one of theblocks l2 is adapted to flatly seatupon the upper face of the base 10 ateach `end thereoi3 and to slide between the base flanges lll in themanner best illustrated in 2 of the drawings, it being,- noted that a'projacting,` arrn is formed upon the block 12 'which slidably entendsWithin the slide slot 17, the ,for-Ward lacev 2st oi' the'. said arinbeing inclined and adapted to iiatly engage the inclined surfaces 25upon'. the under side ot the'adjacent linger 18.

perspective of one of ti ti lll/*ith the rail 2G mounted upon the slidelends 2l., the block 12 may be daily seated upon'the upper surfaces ofthebase 10 vand slid inwardly tor 'engaging the abutment Q9 et thebloclrioverthe 'adjacent base Flange llly of the rail, the slightlycurved free face provided on the under surface of the slide ends 21 anda similar slot 34 is provided upon the-under surface of the block arm 23and when the elements areoperatively positioned as illustrated in Fig.1, thepplate 13 is adapted for positioning ytransversely through thesaid slots 33 and 34, thus locking the block l2 to the slide l1. Theplate 13 is inserted when the end slots 33 are positioned inwardly ofthe adjacent end lianges la and after the positioning of the said plate,the slide and blck are slidably forced longitudinally upon the base 10so as to be positioned between the flanges 14 thus locking the plate 13in its 'engaging position between the flange faces 15.

The opposite ends of the base are similarly constructed as well as theslide and its ene gaging block and when the rails are thus into. thebottom opening 33 of the slide 11..

rlhis arrangement prevents any relative longitudinal movement betweenlthe slide 11 and the base l0, but for the purposek of more lirmlylocking the members together and retaining the blocks 12 in theirrail-engaging positions, screws 3'9 are seated within perforations 40 ateach end of the base 10 and outwardly of the adjacent blocks' 12 whicharrangementprevents any possible outw ard unlocking movement of theblecks 12.l

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that minor changes may be made without departing` from thespirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

What I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising abase, a rail mounting slide lengiytudinally shiftable thereon,interenganing p assoeiated with the said slide, and locking end blockscarried by the said base an platesengaging the said slide and blocks.

2.. A device of the class described comprisj: 1

`jacent-the inner ends of the said slots, end

blocks slidably positioned between the said flangesy outwardly of thesaid slide and having inwardly projecting arms seated within the saidslots, inwardly extending abntments carried bythe said blocks oppositelypositioned with respect to the adjacent one oit' saidlingers,'interengaging lock plates between the said blocks and slides,and movement-preventing means between the said blocks and base.

3. A device of the class described comprising an elongated base adaptedto be positioned upon the railroad bed and having approaching sideflanges adjacent the opposite ends thereois and being further providedwith a hollowed-.out centrally arranged under portion, a slide havingoutwardly tapered edges shiftably positioned and guidingly arranged uponthe said base between the saidllanges and having an open longitw dinalslot at each end. thereof forming spaced end portions, the said endportions being provided with alining `transverse slots upon their undersides and the 'ends of said end portions being oppositely inclined,outvwardly extending flange-eiigaging lingers carried by the said slideadjacent its opposite ends and having inclined inner faces` blocksslidably. arranged between the said. flanges and having inwardlyextending arms removably positioned between the said end portions of theslide and having inclined free ends engaging the said inclined faces ofthe said lingers, thel said arms having transverse slots upon theirunder sides clamping plates transversely positioned within the saidslots of the said arms and end portion slots, inwardly-extendingflange-engaging i abutments carried by the outer ends of the saidblockspositioned opposite the said fingers when the device is assembled,and retaining screws positioned adjacent the opposite ends ofthe saidbase outwardly of the said blocks, l.

In testimony whereof Ilaiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLOHYJAN WAJDA. Witnesses:

i DINA BROERYEB,

- L I. Monmeim.

